Definition for cat's paw - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	cat's paw (cat's paw) noun a person who is used by another to carry out an unpleasant or dangerous task: he was merely a cat’s paw of older and cleverer men		Nearby Words cat rig CAT scan cat scratch fever cat shark cat train cat's cradle cat's ear cat's eye cat's foot cat's paw cat's tail cat's whisker cat-bear cat-o'-nine-tails cata- catabolism catabolite catachresis cataclasis